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ROLLER BEARING1 No, 545,150. Patented Aug. 27,1895.

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UNITED STATES PATENT Ottica@ GEORGE lV. OHELTON, OF ORISFIELD, MARYLAND, ASSIGNOR TO IIIMSEIJF, ISAAC II. COALBAUM, AND CLARENCE P. LANKFORD, OF SAllIE PLACE.

ROLLER-BEARING.

SPEUIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 545,150, dated August 2*?, 1895. Application filed April 5, 1895- Serial No. 544,599- (No model.)

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Be it known that I, GEORGE W. OHELTON, will be Aobserved that the wheel can be rea citizen of the United States, residing at moved from the spindle without displacing Crisield, in the county ot Somerset and State the rollers or letting them fall ontas they are 5 ot Maryland,haveinventeda certain new, nseheld by the easing 4.. 5o

fnl, and valuable Improvement in Roller- I-Iaving described my invention, what I earings, of which the following is a full, claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters clear, and exact description. Patent, is

Myinvention has relation toroller-bearings; 1. In combination with a spindle, a bearing I@ and it consists in the novel construction and consisting ot rollers surrounding the spindle; 55 arrangement of its parts, as hereinafter dea casing inclosing the rollers and retaining scribed. them in place; a device, other than that by In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is which the box is kept on the spindle, for rea longitudinal sectional view of a hub of a taining the inclosing casing in position, said wheel and the roller-bearing. Fig. 2 isa transdevice being adj ustably secured on the spin- 6e verse sectional view of the bearing cut on the die and bearing against the end of the easing; line sox of Fig. l. Fig. 3 is a perspective view a box adapted to engage the casing and to re-- of the axle and bearing. Figli is a perspecvolve the saine about the rollers, said box tive view of the hub-box. adapted to be removed from'the spindle with- The invention is adapted to be usedin conout removing the casing, as set forth. 6 5 junction with the ordinary spindle now in use 2. In combination with a spindle, a bearing on vehicles. The rollers l tsurround the consisting of rollers surrounding the spindle; spindle and bear at one end against the cola casing inclosing the rollers and retaining lar 2, and at the other end are retained by the them in place; a device, other than that by nut 8, which screws on the axle-thread. The which the box is kept on the spindle, for re- 7o rollers are surrounded by the casing 4, which taining the inclosing casing in position, said also bears at its ends against the collar 2 and device being adj ust-ably secured on the spinthe nut 3. Said casing is provided with the die and bearing against the end of the casing, oil-vents 5, and the diameter ot'the ends l0 10 a box adapted to engage the easing and to reof the casing is greater than the diameter volve the same about the rollers, said box 75 of the intermediate part. The rear end of adapted to be removed from the spindle withthe casing is provided with the lugs 6. out removing the easing; a nut located on The hub-box 7 is located in the wheel-hub, the spindle and having an inwardly extendas shown in Fig. l. The rear end of the box ing ilange adapted to bear against said casing- 3 5 is provided with notches ll ll to receive the retaining device, and a radially extending 8o lugs 6 of the casingwhen the parts are put iiangeadapted to bear against the' end of the together. The hub is retained on the axle by box, and retain the same on the spindle, as the axle-nut S, which is provided with a flange set forth.

9, that bears against the nut 3, and thus serves In testimony whereof I atlix my signature 40 as a nut-lock. (See Fig. l.) The parts are in presence of two witnesses.

pnt together as shown in Fig. 1, the box 7 resting at each end on the enlarged ends 10 GEORGE W'. CHELTON. ,l0 of the casing t. As the wheel revolves, the Witnesses: casing i also revolves around the rollers 1, JOHN SIGNY STEVENSON,

the rollers supporting the casing along its l CLARENCE I. LANKFORD. 

